LEARNING ABOUT THE
AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR PAGES

Kay E. Vandergrift

Many readers are curious about
the creators of the books they enjoy. The more than six hundred links
to author/illustrator sites included here will help to satisfy that curiosity.
Young people especially want to know about their favorite authors/illustrators
because they often feel that an author/illustrator is speaking directly
and personally to them through the work. Learning about authors/illustrators
can also help young people see possible connections between a creator's
life and the works created and encourage them to consider different techniques
and approaches to the compositional act.

Included in the sites below
are children's and young adult authors and illustrators as well as many
adult authors commonly read by young adults.

Reading Author/Illustrator
Biography and Autobiography

Learning
About Authors/Illustrators and Their Work

The author/illustrator sites
included in this website are not intended to contain comprehensive information
about particular authors/illustrators. Rather some contain biographical,
bibliographic, and critical data along with personal responses to selected
works, while others provide a small taste of an author's/illustrator's
work. The intent is to give site visitors an introduction to and a flavor
of the author's/illustrator's work. Additional author/illustrator sites
are added on a regular basis.